Tau
English
editEtymology
editVariant of Tao.
Proper noun
editTau (plural Taus)
- A surname from Chinese.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tau is the 41359th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 526 individuals. Tau is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (58.94%) and White (27.95%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tau”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle High German tou, from Old High German tou, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”). Compare Low German Dau, Dutch dauw, English dew, compare also Danish dug.
Noun
editTau m (strong, genitive Taues or Taus, no plural)
Declension
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
edit- tauen (partly)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Middle Low German [Term?], from Old Saxon tou, from Proto-Germanic *tawwą. Related to English tow.
Noun
editTau n (strong, genitive Taues or Taus, plural Taue)
- strong rope
Declension
editDerived terms
editEtymology 3
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ταῦ (taû); see English tau.
Noun
editTau n (strong, genitive Taus, plural Taus)
- tau (greek letter)
- 1866, Willibald Raila, Der Vokal-Akzent, ein bisher unformulirtes Gesez der Sprachen, insbesonders der deütschen Sprache, page 35:
- Aus zwei Sigma zwei Tau, z. B. πραττειν – πρασσειν zu sprechen, ahmt der Deütsche auch dem Griechen nach, z. B. Splitter und Splisser.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editEtymology 4
editNoun
editTau f (genitive Tau, no plural)
- (ethnography) Tao people
Further reading
edit- “Tau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Tau” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Tau” in Duden online
- Tau on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Norwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editTau
Anagrams
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editUncertain, but etymologists have pointed to a couple of explanations. One proposes a derivation of Old Norse taufr (“sorcery, charms”), in reference to the practice of primitive magic in the area, reckoning Taufr to be a name of the creek running through.[1][2] Another proposes a relationship with Old Norse taug (“string, rope”) and teygja (“to stretch out”), in reference to the nature of waterflow of said creek.[1]
It was attested through the late medieval and early modern periods as a Taufer (1389), Taugir (1427), and af Thawgh (1463), Thow (1563), Touu (1567), Thouff (1602), Though (1606), Thoug (1610), Thov (1661), and Toug (1723).[2] Another spelling, Tou, is still preserved in the name of a local brewery.
Proper noun
editTau
References
editAnagrams
editSaterland Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Frisian tau, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *tawwą. Cognates include West Frisian tou and German Tau.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editTau n (plural Taue)
References
edit- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Chinese
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/aʊ̯
- Rhymes:German/aʊ̯/1 syllable
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewh₂-
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German uncountable nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German terms borrowed from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German neuter nouns
- German terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- German terms derived from Ancient Greek
- German terms with quotations
- German feminine nouns
- de:Ethnography
- de:Greek letter names
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Places in Norway
- nb:Places in Rogaland
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with unknown etymologies
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Places in Norway
- nn:Places in Rogaland
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/aːu̯
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/aːu̯/1 syllable
- Saterland Frisian lemmas
- Saterland Frisian nouns
- Saterland Frisian neuter nouns
- stq:Fibers